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Play. Fun. Joy. These are the pil\u00adlars of Improv 2 Improve. After years of guid\u00ading chil\u00addren through nav\u00adi\u00adgat\u00ading bul\u00adly\u00ading, trau\u00adma, sad\u00adness, aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic chal\u00adlenges, lan\u00adguage bar\u00adri\u00aders and many oth\u00ader human strug\u00adgles, we have found one tool that enables chil\u00addren to begin to grow and learn from all of these chal\u00adlenges: play!<\/span><\/p>\n

Here at i2i, joy LOVES com\u00adpa\u00adny! So we are always thrilled when we find out that oth\u00aders have found that same pro\u00adfound\u00adly impor\u00adtant key in help\u00ading chil\u00addren. <\/span>Pen\u00adta\u00adgon Play<\/span><\/a> knows this as well as we do. Read their arti\u00adcle to learn more about why play is so impor\u00adtant and down\u00adload a <\/span>free game<\/span><\/a> when you\u2019re done!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Learn\u00ading through play appears to be a sim\u00adple notion but has pro\u00adfound meaning.<\/span><\/p>\n

It helps chil\u00addren make sense of the world around them through dis\u00adcov\u00adery, allow\u00ading them to devel\u00adop cog\u00adni\u00adtive\u00adly, social\u00adly, emo\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly and physically.<\/span><\/p>\n

The impor\u00adtance of play has been stud\u00adied by var\u00adi\u00adous psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgists and sci\u00aden\u00adtists for over a century.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jean Piaget (1962) was the first psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgist to make the sys\u00adtem\u00adat\u00adic study of children\u2019s cog\u00adni\u00adtive development. <\/span><\/p>\n

Piaget viewed play as inte\u00adgral to the devel\u00adop\u00adment of intel\u00adli\u00adgence in chil\u00addren. His the\u00ado\u00adry of play argues that as the child matures, their envi\u00adron\u00adment and play should encour\u00adage fur\u00adther cog\u00adni\u00adtive and lan\u00adguage development.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Con\u00adtin\u00adue Read\u00ading Here: <\/span>https:\/\/www.pentagonplay.co.uk\/news-and-info\/psychology-learning-through-play<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n



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